Caps fire coach Oates, won't bring back GM

Summary of 10 articles · Updated Apr 26, 2014

Oates, in his second year as coach, was fired. The Washington Capitals announced Saturday morning that GM George McPhee and coach Adam Oates will not return next season. McPhee gave Oates his first NHL head coaching job beginning with the lockout-shortene… (more)d 2013 season. The Washington Capitals announced Saturday morning that they fired coach Adam Oates and won't renew the contract of vice president and general manager George McPhee. But for all of the squads he built, only the one from his rookie season as a GM, advanced out of the second round. Ultimately, on-ice success is the responsibility of the GM and the coach. Whether you buy into the “Ovechkin is a coach killer” narrative or if you place the blame elsewhere, you can’t argue that McPhee wasn’t given ample time to reconfigure the roster several times over and prove that he’d invested in the proper core.

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